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Le château en bref
The Château de Parthenay (Deux-Sèvres), now in ruins and classified as a historic monument, was developed from 1227 onwards by the Larchevêque family, powerful lords of Poitou, on a site occupied since the 10th–12th centuries. Gradually fortified from the 13th to the 15th century, the fortress controlled the roads linking Poitiers to Nantes and Thouars to Niort, and was the scene of numerous princely and royal sieges. It was razed in 1830. What remains is a large round tower, probably the former keep, which is particularly well preserved, together with sections of wall, the Porte Saint-Jacques flanked by two almond-shaped towers and machicolations, ramparts along the Boulevard de la Meilleraye, and a fortified bridge with towers crossing the Thouet.